Diane Greene on Starting a Tech Company in Silicon Valley at Female Founders Conference

Timestamped Summary

• 💻
  00:00

  Co-founder of VMware shares struggles of starting a tech company in Silicon Valley during the dot-com era.
• 💼
  02:53

  Speaker started a company while pregnant, raised funds for VMware through friends-and-family seed fund, and received investment from Google seed investors.
• 👩‍💼
  07:21

  💼: Speaker regrets feeling pressured to sell VMware but values time spent with children after leaving; raised money from Dell and banks to take company public with complete control.
• 💡
  09:53

  Diane Greene shares insights on the importance of people and differences between Google and Intuit, and talks about starting her company, Be Bob, with co-founders from VMware.
• 💻
  13:23

  Enterprise software can be simplified and personalized with machine learning and automation.
• 🌥️
  17:43

  Cloud technology is the future for all companies, offering better security and advanced technologies with the potential for revolutionary advancements due to the scale of data available.
• 💼
  20:11

  Choose experienced board members with deal-making skills to help manage your company effectively.
• 🚨
  23:17

  Received threatening phone call about board being droided.